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Linux on Nintendo DS, Update
fdevliegher writes "Trying to port Linux to various portable devices is hot nowadays. One project is porting Linux to the Nintendo DS, and is making big progress lately. Right after the DSLinux guys had a working bootable 2.6 kernel, they have put lots of effort in making the sash shell work, in which they also succeeded. The latest feature added is the touchscreen keyboard. It allows users to tap in the commands, providing a much easier input method than before (when only the buttons could be used to input text). Only the basics are being worked on for now, but the future uses of Linux on the Nintendo DS are practically unlimited. In other words, it might become a cheap alternative for a PDA, an emulator, movie viewer, maybe even internet browser, who knows."
Because it can't even run right on a regular PC? Because the kernel is about as stable as a ladder made of lincoln logs? Because it's large, unwieldy, difficult to maintain, and spreads itself across hard drives like a plague?
Now, if you had been talking about putting an actual production system like NetBSD onto the DS....
Speaking of Linux.... slashdot must be running it...
Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
but really, what is the point of running linux on every console that comes out. especially on hand helds, I can see maybe on the xbox, dreamcast (eh.. not without the bba), but really what is the point? is there actually a function besides 'OMGS I GOT LINUX ON MY DS!'.. way to go you.